Jun 09, 2022
UroMOCA and StimPod Implantation
- Dennis Bourbeau1
- 1MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Document Citation: Dennis Bourbeau 2022. UroMOCA and StimPod Implantation. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.rm7vzyq3rlx1/v1
License: This is an open access document distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Created: June 06, 2022
Last Modified: June 09, 2022
Document Integer ID: 64026
Abstract
This protocol gives an overview of the surgical procedure to implant the UroMOCA and StimPods.
UroMOCA and StimPod Sevice Implantation
After surigical prep:
UroMOCA implantation in bladder
- Remove fur from lower abdomen and lower back to base of tail with clippers
- Insert single lumen 3.5 Fr catheter
- Drape and disinfect lower abdomen
- Administer analgesic at injection site
- Incise lower abdomen, midline, to expose bladder
- Incise bladder dome
- Place UroMOCA device
- Close bladder incision and evaluate integrity
- Place sterile drape on abdomen for UroMOCA transmission coil
- Verify function of UroMOCA in vivo
- Close abdominal incision
StimPod implantation (2/animal)
- Drape and disinfect lower back
- Administer analgesic at injection site
- Incise lower back, midline, to expose lumbosacral spinal cord
- Remove bone to expose sacral roots 1 and 2 left and right
- Place nerve cuff electrodes on sacral roots
- Place EMG electrode pairs in pelvic floor musculature and lower back musculature
- Verify function of StimPods in vivo
-Power
-Data transmission
-Confirm motor response (visual and EMG) to sacral root stimulation on each nerve cuff electrode
- Close back incision
- Monitor animal until recumbent